HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!! How do I get rid of the frogs in my yard?

Question

They are taking over the yard and although I am fully aware of the benefits of having them, right now the only thing that matters is that I'm losing sleep due to the unbelievable loud noise they make. I can hear them over everything. I understand that salt burns their feet, well please tell me how this works or give me any advice on how to rid my yard of them. They don't pay rent so they've GOTTA GO!!!

Answer 1

Do you have a pool or something? We had the same exact problem, and it was because the chemicals in our pool were getting low. When we adjusted them, the frogs went away.

Answer 2

Earplugs .

(Did you ask this a few months ago ?In Houston?))

DON'T use salt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if it were a good idea to get rid of the frogs, and it worked, it's a bad idea because it will kill any plants (99+% of'em) that it reaches. Most frogs only make a lot of noise for a short period . Have they just appeared , or been there and just started being noisy? After a bit you'll get used to them, and it might not last long . If you ARE used to the sound of them (as I am) , it's the lack of it that is noticeable . ( As it is now, that it's getting colder here , or if I go out-of-town.)

To reiterate: FROGS ARE GOOD and are one of those things that you just live with .

Answer 3

Had the same problem because I have a small fish pond. What started as 2 frogs singing turned into 1000's of tadpoles in my pond,killing all my goldfish. Then I had to listen 1000's singing the same song. I fixed it by waiting until they started singing at night and I'd go out with a pair of gloves and a flashlight. I collected all of them(over 2 nights),put them in a large cardboard box and hauled them off to the lake. Now there's peace and quiet again and new fish in the pond.

Answer 4

How to Rid Your Garden of Toads and Frogs Frogs and toads are wonderful additions to any garden. They eat an amazing number of insect pests, including slugs and snails. However, if you are tripping over them on garden paths, you may want to discourage them from taking up residence.

Steps: 1. Remove any wood piles, old lumber or pots from ground level. Toads live in dark, damp places during the daytime and hunt in the evening hours. If you remove their favorite haunts, they will move on.

2. Keep pet food inside the house. Toads have been known to help themselves to a free meal from Fido's bowl of kibble. If you feed your pet outside, pick up any uneaten food before you retire for the night.

3. Empty water bowls, ground-level birdbaths or other containers that have standing water. Frogs and toads are attracted to moisture. Any standing water is an open invitation. (This step will also eliminate mosquitoes from your garden, but be advised, toads eat mosquitos, so once they have moved on, you may be plagued with an invasion of pesty insects.)

Tips: Think twice before you decide to rid your garden of amphibians. They do much more good than harm.

Answer 5

I hear frog legs are quite the delicacy, but in all seriousness, its just their mating season, and you dont hear them complain about your mating rituals, so what gives you the right to disrupt the ecosystem? Oh yeah your human, and in that case you can do whatever you want so you could introduce a predator into your yard, maybe a cat fox snake etc to eat them, or you could get rid of their food source they mostly eat arthropods (insects), annelids (worms), gastropods (snails and slugs) but that would be quite the endeavour, although your yard would be as quite as a lecture in sign language. My advice would be to either get a bb gun at walmart (use pellets the lead kills them) or wait for them to pass and in the mean time explore your music collection.

Answer 6

Hate to tell you this, but I suspect they think that since they got there FIRST- YOU should be the one to leave! :) Listen, frog "invasions" seldom last longer than a month or so...-& they're usually around because there are lots of Mosquitos to eat. Get rid of those frogs- & you may not be the ONLY one sharing that bed at night! -So buy a set of earplugs, and call a "truce..." Remember, -it's not easy being Green... :)

Answer 7

Fried Frog Legs

6 frogs legs
salt and pepper
lemon juice
1 egg
cracker crumbs

Skin frogs legs, wash in cold water, then dry legs.
Season with salt and pepper and lemon juice.

Beat the eggs; add seasonings and dip the legs in beaten egg. Roll legs in cracker crumbs and fry in deep fat at 390°F for 2 or 3 minutes.

Answer 8

Up here in Ontario, if any of them darned frogs come over from Quebec we shoot the beggers. Can't stand the greasy things. Saw one in Fort Lauderdale wearing a speedo. He had his big beer belly sticking out. Sickly looking thing. Should have shot him then and there, but they wouldn't let me bring my guns into the good old USA.

Answer 9

Have you thought of adding extra sound proofing to your bedroom/house?

Fabrics help absorb sound, fresh caulking around a window often helps prevent sounds from getting inside, and seals around doors and such.

Take a look and see if there are ways to keep the sound from coming inside. Cause, I have a feeling, if you get rid of those frogs, they cousin's will all move in and replace them.

Answer 10

i had the same problem. i put a 2 ft. net fence around my yard and bought 4 snakes from my friend dave, he just finds them in the road so they were really cheap. anyway, its been 2 months now and we hardly ever hear a frog. no mice either.